Cold Creek—where are you flowing?
A Taranaki stream is about to be privatised for the benefit of dairy farmers. The story of ‘Cold Creek’ fits perfectly into the current debate over who owns the rivers, the clouds and the rain.
Water rights case begins
The first day of the NZ Maori council case seeking a halt to the sale of state owned power companies began in the High Court in Wellington today.
No End in Sight for Nauru Asylum-Seekers
At the end of last week, 30 more people joined the hunger strike. There are now five people who have been on hunger strike for over three weeks and one person, Omid, who has been on strike for more than 45 days. He is now refusing water.
Daisy’s (missing) Tale
Ten years ago, genetic engineering was a hot topic in NZ. Since then the subject has disappeared from the headlines, but it hasn't gone away.
Pro Surfer & Activist reaches halfway (Paddle on West Coast)
On Saturday 24th November, professional surfer and activist, Dave Rastovich (32, Byron Bay, NSW AUS), reached half way on his daunting 350km sea-paddle from Cape Taranaki to Piha to draw awareness to the threatened stretch of coast.
Defence attachés—cheerleaders for the NZ weapons industry
The NZ weapons industry is being developed by defence force attachés at embassies around the world as part of a trade strategy at the cost of human lives
Hunger Strikers Hospitalised 2
Two asylum seekers on hunger strike have now been hospitalised. In a statement from Nauru, people say that they are prepared to die.
The end of mass incarceration 2
An interview with prison reformer Vivien Stern who has been on a mission to bring about a radical transformation of the prison system.
Newswire
LONG LIVE GAZA - solidarity from Aotearoa
Around 300 people marched from Aotea Square to the US consulate in Auckland on Saturday, in solidarity with Gaza, calling for an end to Israeli attacks on the Gazan population and the illegal occupation of Palestinian lands.
Public talk: Occupy, IWW, grassroots unionism and class struggle in the USA
Come and hear American worker-organiser Erik Forman talk about Occupy, the rebirth of the IWW (a grassroots anti-capitalist union) and class struggle in the US of A.
On the Peace Framework Signing between the Philippine Government and the MILF
Official Statement of the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa - Mindanao (RPM-M) on the Peace Framework Signing between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
From hidden to face-to-face: Seeking truth and global ethical human rights.
Following continues a discussion between myself and the President of WPEA. It gives a simple way the UN can get the global ethical human rights vision into the mainstream. In earlier discussion I describe its omission a "crime against humanity".
Philippine Congress called to to pass "vital five" legislative bills
Akbayan Party urged Congress to pass important reform measures it dubbed as the “Vital Five” or the “VV” legislative bills.
Philippine campaign against high electricity rates snowballs
Philippines – Thousands of electricity consumers from 55 cities and municipalities from 15 provinces and 10 regions are expected to stage a multi-form protest on November 22, dubbed as “National Day of Action against high electricity rates.
The U.S. Role in Israel’s Attack on Gaza
As Obama tours Southeast Asia to strengthen his alliances against China, Gazans are being killed and maimed by the hundreds, with the possibility of an incredibly bloody Israeli invasion.
On the Israeli-Gaza Conflict
Manila, Philippines - Akbayan Party strongly and categorically condemns the Israeli armed forces’ constant bombardment and shelling of the Gaza strip, hosting more than 1.7 million people in one of the most densely-populated areas in the world.
Urgent: Auckland round target 1 million Sign-ons to Avaaz Petititon to Stop the TPP
Sign the Avaaz petition and get us to the 1 million mark before 8 December 2012 – the National Day of Action. Currently it stands at 720,017. Presenting the petition will be the centrepiece for the Auckland action.
Buy Nothing Day 2012 is Approaching, Could You Stop Spending for One Day?
In the run up to Buy Nothing Day 2012 on Sat 24th November, Mark Boyle, author of The Moneyless Manifesto challenges you to take part in 'Buy Nothing Month' in 2013.
“IMF is dead, a walking dead” - FDC Philippines
“For FDC, the IMF is dead, a walking dead,” said the group’s president, Ricardo Reyes. “The sooner we bury this economic zombie, the better for the economies and the peoples of the world.”
Tai Tokerau Iwi Organise to Raise GE/GMO Concerns in Northland
Tai Tokerau Iwi have expressed their concerns regarding the inappropriate removal of the precautionary GE provision (policy) on Genetically Modified Organisms from the proposed Northland Regional Policy Statement.
A religious School for a Minority group in Egypt was raided and accused of terrorism
A peaceful school community in Egypt was raided by Egyptian Police and accused of terrorism and links with AlQaeda despite having peaceful teachings which they share online. It is a direct attack due to intolerance of Egyptian Clergy.
On December 1st, 1961 official inaugurated the National Papuan Symbols which emphasised OUR SOVEREIGNTY as A PEOPLE
On December 1, 1961, the New Guinea Council (the first elected Papuan Parliament) together with the Dutch colonial administration, officially inaugurated the national Papuan symbols which emphasised their sovereignty as a people.
TPPWatch Bulletin #22 19 November 2012
Update on the campaign against TPPA
Call to Asia Social Movements Assembly in Manila
Building solidarity and strengthening our struggles to address the economic and climate crisis in the fight to change the system
Summer 2013: The Keep The Coal In The Hole Summer Festival is on again
Help stop Southland lignite mining at Coalfest this summer!
‘In Solidarity with Gaza’ demo 1
Come together with us this Saturday and stand in solidarity with those ethnically cleansed, imprisoned and murdered, yet still staunch in the face of a massacre, in Gaza.
Sustainable Farming Film Festival
Practical examples of sustainable farming techniques such as polyface farming, permaculture, forest gardens, edible cattle hedges, biological farming and organics all feature in the Film Festival at Okato's Hempton Hall this Saturday 24 November.
Philippines: FDC clamor for the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill
Freedom of Information (FOI): A Key to Freedom from Debt and Economic Justice
Palestinian Flag raised over Auckland’s US consulate in solidarity with the Palestinians
One hundred people marched in central Auckland yesterday in a show of solidarity with the people of Gaza, and to voice anger at the continued aggression by Israeli forces against defenseless women and children.
Coal sponsorship perverse, says Professor
Three generations of Auckland Coal Action members protested outside the Auckland Town Hall tonight. We were there once again, alerting orchestra patrons to the NZSO’s connection with climate criminal, Solid Energy.
Do Not Use the Filipino Children in 'Humanizing' the War Machinery – Rep. Emmi De Jesus
“The exposure of children to high-powered American war machines is a subtle way of inculcating into their young minds the culture of war,” said Gabriela Women's Party (GWP) Rep. Emmi De Jesus.
Stop a New Israeli Massacre in Gaza: Boycott Israel Now!
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the broadest coalition in Palestinian civil society, including all major political parties, trade unions, social movements and NGO networks, calls on people around the world to resist Israeli aggression.
Why doesn’t Israeli press office share byline for New York Times’ Gaza coverage? 1
The New York Times report predictably repeats the false narrative that Israel’s airstrikes were a response to rocket fire from Gaza, ignoring the series of extrajudicial executions that Israel has committed in Gaza during the past month.
